A funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to
A must-have for readers of Smithsonian's No Way . . .Way! Road Trip and No Way . . .Way! Are You My Dinner?A stinky plant that smells like a corpse? A forklift suspended by sticky glue?
From celebrated sports journalist Steve Delsohn comes the true story of University of Southern California football, told by those who know it best--the players, coaches, and everyone else who made USC
This imaginative new fantasy will charm fans of the Ranger’s Apprentice and Rick Riordan.Denizen Hardwick is an orphan, and his life is, well, normal. Sure, in storybooks orphans are rescued from drud
A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teach
A Mad Libs based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series! Calling all diehard fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! This Mad Libs is the perfect buy for you, featuring 21 stories based on t
For readers of Station Eleven and The Martian, Lily Brooks-Dalton’s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Ear
As the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse... As the roar of the guns subs
If you liked Percy Jackson, you'll love Kid Beowulf! Inspired by the epic poem "Beowulf," this fun new series follows the adventures of 12-year-old twin brothers Beowulf and Grendel as
Plagued by nightmares of his homeland consumed by fire and death, Conan is compelled to set out for distant Cimmeria to see if his tribe still lives. But the barbarian warrior's path is unexpectedly f
Based on the beloved Doctor Who episode of the same name by Douglas Adams, the hilarious and brilliant author ofThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, comes City of Death… The Doctor takes Romana
If I was to be an outlaw, I told myself, I’d be a hard one, and I’d be a good one. I’d be the god damnest outlaw that ever come down the pike...Scrawny, young Melvin Parmlee lit out of Texas wearing a
The New York Times best-selling author of Twice in a Lifetime presents a latest heartland America romance that explores the challenges of finding love in unexpected places. Simultaneous. 15,000 first
The Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st CenturyThe Kerrigans risked everything to stake a claim under a big Texas sky. Now one brave woman is fighting to keep that home, against hard weather, harder
First the birds disappeared.Then the insects took over. Then the madness began . . .They call it Wanderer's Folly--a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out
Ancient warriors!The Battle Bugs have discovered a tunnel that leads directly from Reptile Island to Bug Island. Max must plug it before the Battle Bugs' defenses fall!The tunnels connecting the islands hold more than either side bargained for -- prehistoric creatures ready to battle! The fate of Bug Island rests on the sturdy shell of an ancient snail. Can one bug turn the tide of war?
Bill is a young Teddycat, which means he’s one of the most special--and mysterious--animals in the jungle. Teddycats can climb higher than any other mammal around. And because the Teddycats can climb
The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, bri
The Doctor treats Rory to a trip to the Wild West, where they find a ghost town full of sleeping people and the Black Hand Gang; outlaws intent on robbing the local bank. But it's not quite the same a
The funny follow-up to Kindergarten, Here I Come!First grade—it's the big time! After all, it's a real honest to goodness grade. In verses that are both funny and full of heart, D.J. Steinberg celebra
In the tradition of Black Dog's best-selling Child's Introduction books, which include The Story of the Orchestra and A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky, A Child's Introduction to Natural History
The year is 1872. The place, the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. The people, like Goyahkla, lose his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, the young Goyahkla ap
The making of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary worldIn the summer of 1925, Earnest Hemingway and a
Complete Atlas of the World, Third Edition is now fully revised and updated to reflect the latest changes in world geography, including the annexation of Crimea and the new nation of South Sudan. Brin
A series of music Mad Libs from Live Nation! Get to know Aerosmith in a whole new way by filling out the blanks of the 21 original stories inside this book. It's the perfect gift for fans, and a
Everything that is great about the American automobile is presented in this full color, beautifully depicted guide. It includes all of your favorite American models; Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford,
A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and phrases that have their roots in sports and games. The language of sports resonates beyond the grass and dirt of the local ball field bec
Discover the inspirational real-life stories of superstar athletes like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Tim Howard, and more! Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard was diagnosed wit
The saga of the Mask of Power comes to a thrilling conclusion Trigger Happy Targets the Evil Kaos, the eighth and final book in this series of illustrated original novels set in the Skylande
Originally paved in the 1920s, Route 66 has been a staple of the American Road Trip through the Great Depression and was a major method of the bootlegging operation. Spanning a total of 8 states and s
This title examines the birth, development and evolution of graphic art from its beginnings in late 19th-century Europe until the Information Age over 100 years later.
Read and interpret hieroglyphs as you learn about the intriguing world of the Ancient Egyptians.Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs interweaves a clear guide to deciphering this elegant picture language wit
It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "B
In The Harley Davidson and Indian Wars, author Allan Girdler takes you on a colorful tour of the men and machines that competed to dominate the American motorcycle industry. This book chronicles the l
Do you need to add caring to your course? Do your students need to become more aware of the process patients and families go through as they adapt to an illness or death?Sixteen contemporary autobiogr
Building from the achievements of a collaborative project begun in 2011―a project sponsored by the Top University Office of National Cheng Kung University, faculty members at the Department of Foreign
Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest actiodventure newspaper comic strips, continues as the adventures of Johnny Hazard picks up the storyline where Volume 3 left off. See more
Designed to accompany Cultures of the West, Second Edition, by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2015), the two-volumeSources for Cultures of the West, Second Edition, features approximately six written sourc
